Jennifer A. Manner

Jennifer A. Manner is Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corporation where she is responsible for leading the domestic and international regulatory and government affairs team; developing and implementing domestic and international regulatory and legislative strategy and campaigns including on technology, spectrum, licensing, trade, broadband, standards, 5G, 6G and cyber security; managing company-wide global spectrum assets; representing the company before a range of international organizations including the ITU, the World Trade Organization and the UN; developing long-term company strategy for spectrum-rights including for ITU rights and licensing; managing the company-wide standards strategy, including at 3GPP; representing the company before senior level government officials domestically and internationally; advising corporate strategy team on possible opportunities; leading the company’s efforts at trade associations; providing briefings to Board Members and Senior Management; and working with press team on company messaging.

Prior to this, Ms. Manner held senior positions at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, including as Deputy Chief of the Public Safety Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology and Senior Advisory to Commissioner Abnernathy and leading companies.

Ms. Manner has published several books on telecommunications issues including on spectrum and foreign market access, as well as scholarly articles. Her most recent book is Spectrum Wars: The Rise of 5G and Beyond (Artech House, 2021). Her previous books are Global Telecommunications Market Access (Artech House, 2003) and Spectrum Wars (Artech House, 2005). Ms. Manner holds key leadership roles in the ITU-R sector, and trade associations. Ms. Manner is also an award-winning documentary film producer with her films, Zebrafish: Practically People (www.zebrafishfilm.org) When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications (www.whenwirewasking.com). When WIre Was King is currently available on a PBS station near you.